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Come learn about home gardening, landscaping, current research, and other growing information at the University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Greenhouse Open House at the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, 2018. The greenhouses will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days. The event is free and open to the public.

A facility of theÌý, the provide a venue for Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø faculty, staff and students to present colorful displays and educational lectures of interest to home gardeners, greenhouse producers, and landscapers. Visitors will learn about bee-friendly gardens and landscapes, cooking with spring greens, development of new economically valuable crop species for Northern New England, status and issues in plant biotechnology, and a home gardening Q&A with extension specialists. The Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Thompson School will display garden show-quality landscape options with a focus on water features.

The Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Plant Diagnostic Lab and Cooperative Extension Plant Health Program will have a display on common diseases and problems of garden and landscape plants. Attendees are encouraged to come with questions about plant health problems. Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø experts and Master Gardeners will be on hand to help get gardens off to a great start. On Friday and Saturday tours will be scheduled of both the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses and theÌýÒ×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø high tunnels, two greenhouse-style structures associated with the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems program where students produce greens for on-campus consumption.

Other open house activities include the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Thompson School Flower Show and Plant Sale. The Greenhouse Café will serve coffee, lunch, and delicious homemade treats. The café, hosted by the Thompson School Horticultural Club, helps fund the club’s spring trip to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.

On Saturday, March 24, the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Greenhouse Open House coincides with theÌýSeacoast Home and Garden Show at the Whittemore Center. This year the Thompson School Flower Show and Plant Sale continues Sunday, March 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. along with the Home and Garden Show. Please note that the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Macfarlane Research Greenhouses and associated displays will be closed March 25.

The Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Macfarlane Research Greenhouses are located off Main Street on the west end of Durham. Seminars will take place in Putnam Hall across the parking lot from the greenhouses.ÌýOn Friday, metered parking is available at the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Visitor Center across from the greenhouses; parking on Saturday and Sunday is free. Handicap parking spaces and short-term parking for plant pickup will be available near the main greenhouse entrance. The greenhouses are also served by Wildcat Transit’s shuttle service:Ìý/transportation/wildcat-transit.

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The Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Greenhouse Open House is sponsored by the , the , Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Biological and Sustainable Agriculture programs of the , and .

Founded in 1887, the at the is Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø’s original research center and an elemental component of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø's land-grant university heritage and mission. We steward federal and state funding, including support from the , to provide unbiased and objective research concerning diverse aspects of sustainable agriculture and foods, aquaculture, forest management, and related wildlife, natural resources and rural community topics. We maintain the Woodman and Kingman agronomy and horticultural research farms, the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses, the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, and the Organic Dairy Research Farm. Additional properties also provide forage, forests and woodlands in direct support to research, teaching, and outreach.

The University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø is a flagship research university that inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation and world. More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top ranked programs in business, engineering, law, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø’s research portfolio includes partnerships with NASA, NOAA, NSF and NIH, receiving more than $100 million in competitive external funding every year to further explore and define the frontiers of land, sea and space.